We came across this interview in the most recent  Inside Dental Technology (January 2011) publication. Dr. Schoenbaum talks a lot about the implementaion of digital technology in the dental practice and the collaboration between the Doctor and the lab technician through digital media. It is a very brief interview and is well worth the read. He shares a lot of the same view points that we have as a dental laboratory on the cutting edge of restorative dentistry.

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On Thursday of this week (January 20th), Precision Dental Arts was invited to share our knowledge and expertise on digital and CAD/CAM Dentistry with the 2nd year dental technology students at Portland Community College.

We demonstrated and presented on how technology is changing the way that dental laboratories produce restorations, communicate with the dentist, and recieve cases. The night started with the students viewing a brief demonstration from Vic Cao of Patterson Dental about digital impressions and how technology is effecting the dental practice. Then Doug Horton, CDT, showed them how the ...

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It has been a long wait but it sounds like the implant abutment software for the Sirona inLab is finally through FDA and should be arriving in our lab shortly. This software allows us to have complete control of the fabrication of the implant components as opposed to outsourcing for the zirconium abutment. No more grinding on the zirconium abutment to make it anotomically correct for the final restoration. We have not heard a whole lot about the cost of the materials needed per implant restoration but we are positive it will be more cost effective for us ... << MORE >>

For the 6 years we have been involved with digital dentistry we have always been pushing the envelope, testing to see what we can do with our Sirona inLab system and what some of our dentists can do with their digital impression system. So when Dr. Canfield called us and asked what we thought about taking a digital impression for a mini-implant case, we said, "Lets do it!"

The concern was that the mini-implant was so small, and so detailed that maybe the digital impression ...

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Dr. Dale Canfield, DMD and Doug Horton, CDT of Precision Dental Arts, Inc.will be discussing how the dental team and dental technician, working together through a digital platform, can achieve superior results.

Topics Include:
-    The digital system components
-    Comparing digital impressions to traditional impressions
-    Open and closed systems
-    The digital process in the dental practice
-    Accuracy, efficiency, and ease of use for the dentist
-    Improving communication and collaboration
-    Creating successful digital impressions
-    Improving the patient experience
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Spaces is limited due to the hands on nature of the event.

Please view the official event flyer by clicking the link below
View official event flyer here

For more information about the CEREC AC Connect, follow the link below
CEREC AC Connect

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If you have ever been interested in Digital Impressions, now is the time to take a closer look. Sirona just launched their new CEREC AC Connect digital impression machine and it is a great deal. This Digital Impression system is the latest advancement in chairside digital impressioning with NO MORE SCAN FEES.

NO MORE SCAN FEES!

For those unfamiliar with digital impressioning here is the run down. Every digital impression system available has a $20-$25 scan fee you pay for every digital impression you take and send, or ... << MORE >>

The new CEREC Connect software came out this week. CEREC Connect version 3.83 is available here!

The highlight of this new software is the introduction of the quadrant imaging function which makes creating full arch digital impressions much easier than before. Also, the new manual for CEREC Connect that is available is extremely user friendly and explains the entire CEREC Connect process in full detail.

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  Join us for an informational interactive seminar about digital impressions.   With the recent abundance of information pertaining to digital impressions, we want to share our experiences and knowledge with you.   This is not a sales presentation, rather an avenue for you to learn more about our rapidly changing ...

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We do a lot of single unit CEREC Connect cases, but we also do plenty of multi-unit cases that have been very successful. Here are some pictures.

    1 of 2 gold splints we have done for this patient.

2 e.max anterior crowns using the cutback and layering technique.

   
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